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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Greater Manchester to get control of £6bn health budget

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Local leaders in Greater Manchester are poised to take control of an integrated £6bn health and s...

Work programme could create up to 90,000 jobs

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Local versions of Whitehall’s flagship Work Programme could help create up to 90,000 jobs and sav...

Exclude rural areas from Right to Buy says CIH

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Rural communities should be exempted from the Government’s Right to Buy programme in order to pre...

Registration headache as IER isolates thousands of voters

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Voting watchdogs have come under pressure this week after it emerged there were 920,000 fewer ent...

Essex chief executive to leave for new KPMG role

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Essex CC chief executive Joanna Killian is set to leave the county to take up a new role as a par...

Tendring chief donates pay rise to lowest paid staff

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Tendring DC chief executive Ian Davidson has forsaken his annual pay rise to ensure the council’s...

LEP chair defends use of lobbyists in local growth 'hunger games'

By Jonathan Werran | 23 February 2015

Alex Pratt, the chairman of the representative body for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) has ...

Pickles socks it to lobbying LEPs

By Jonathan Werran | 23 February 2015

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) seeking government cash will be barred from hiring lobbyists...

Business chiefs demand business rates review timetable

By Jonathan Werran | 23 February 2015

Business leaders have written to George Osborne calling on the chancellor to restate his commitme...

LGA calls for guarantees over social care funds

By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2015

Council chiefs have urged chancellor George Osborne to fully fund local authorities for new burde...